Assembly Bill A6480

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to banning plastic bag usage in the state; repealer

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A6480 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8793
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld & add §§27-2701, 27-2703, 27-2707, 27-2709 & 27-2713, add Art 27 Title 27 §§27-2702 & 27-2712, En Con L; add §97-yyyy, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A5792, S3044

2017-A6480 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a framework for eliminating the use of plastic bags by certain stores, with limited exceptions; includes a requirement for certain stores to supply reuseable or recycled paper bags to recipients of SNAP and WIC benefits at no cost; establishes a "reuseable grocery bag fund".

2017-A6480 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6480
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 7, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to plas-
   tic bag reduction, reuse and recycling; to  amend  the  state  finance
   law,  in  relation  to  the  reusable  grocery bag fund; and to repeal
   certain provisions of  the  environmental  conservation  law  relating
   thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 27-2701 of the environmental conservation  law,  as
 added  by chapter 641 of the laws of 2008, is REPEALED and a new section
 27-2701 is added to read as follows:
 § 27-2701. DEFINITIONS.
   1. "DEPARTMENT" MEANS THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION.
   2. "POSTCONSUMER RECYCLED MATERIAL" MEANS A MATERIAL THAT WOULD OTHER-
 WISE BE DESTINED FOR SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL, HAVING COMPLETED ITS INTENDED
 END USE AND PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE. POSTCONSUMER RECYCLED MATERIAL DOES  NOT
 INCLUDE  MATERIALS  AND  BYPRODUCTS  GENERATED FROM, AND COMMONLY REUSED
 WITHIN, AN ORIGINAL MANUFACTURING AND FABRICATION PROCESS.
   3. "RECYCLED PAPER BAG" MEANS A PAPER CARRYOUT BAG PROVIDED BY A STORE
 TO A CUSTOMER AT THE POINT OF SALE  THAT  MEETS  ALL  OF  THE  FOLLOWING
 REQUIREMENTS:
   (A)  (1)  EXCEPT  AS  PROVIDED  IN SUBPARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS PARAGRAPH,
 CONTAINS A MINIMUM OF FORTY PERCENT POSTCONSUMER RECYCLED MATERIALS.
   (2) AN EIGHT POUND OR SMALLER RECYCLED PAPER BAG SHALL CONTAIN A MINI-
 MUM OF TWENTY PERCENT POSTCONSUMER RECYCLED MATERIAL.
   (B) IS ACCEPTED FOR RECYCLING IN CURBSIDE PROGRAMS IN  A  MAJORITY  OF
 HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAVE ACCESS TO CURBSIDE RECYCLING PROGRAMS IN THE STATE.
   (C)  HAS  PRINTED ON THE BAG THE NAME OF THE MANUFACTURER, THE COUNTRY
 WHERE THE BAG WAS MANUFACTURED, AND THE MINIMUM PERCENTAGE  OF  POSTCON-
 SUMER CONTENT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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